Re: [cgiwrap-users] CGIWrap & back ticks

[Ralph H. <rj...@mo...>]

I use this type of syntax in my perl scripts also and they work fine under
cgiwrap. There must be some configuration issue (or something). Sorry I
don't have a clue what that something might be, but I can say without
reservation that the "shell escaped" commands you refer to work with
cgiwrap.

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Kyle wrote:

> In my PERL scripts, I use commands like these commonly:
> $hostname = `hostname`;
> $dir = `pwd`;
> $date = `date +%c`;
>
> All of these functions return null when run under cgiwrap, but work fine
> when cgiwrap is bypassed.
>
> 1) Why don't they work under CGIWrap?
>
> 2) What can I do to get around this problem?
>
> I need these functions (and others).  If it is okay for user "Kyle" to
> do these functions, then why can't my script run them under CGIWrap as
> user "Kyle"?
>
> PLEASE help me!
>
> -Kyle
>
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